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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodion do while Cincinnatus looks out over the landscape?
(a) He sweeps.
(b) He paints.
(c) He washes dishes.
(d) He washes windows.

2. Where does Rodion tell Cincinnatus to go while his cell is cleaned?
(a) To another cell.
(b) Down to the guards' quarters.
(c) Up to the roof.
(d) Out in the hall.

3. How does Marthe leave her first visit with Cincinnatus?
(a) She is carried out on a couch.
(b) She walks out laughing.
(c) She runs out crying.
(d) She waves goodbye and seems to vanish.

4. What is Cincinnatus's lawyer looking for when he visits Cincinnatus?
(a) The lawyer is looking for his cufflink.
(b) The lawyer is looking for his library card.
(c) The lawyer is looking for his reading glasses.
(d) The lawyer is looking for his pen.

5. What does Cincinnatus do when he undresses at the end of his second day in prison?
(a) He continues undressing and takes apart his entire body.
(b) He redresses and undresses in several different outfits, changing personality.
(c) He puts his clothes in the bed to form a second version of him.
(d) He throws his clothes out the window.

6. Where does Cincinnatus write that he will evolve a third eye?
(a) On the back of his neck.
(b) On his hand.
(c) On the back of his skull.
(d) On his forehead.

7. How does Pierre characterize Cincinnatus's desire to know the date of his execution?
(a) As foolish curiosity.
(b) As light and friendly banter.
(c) As a clever ruse.
(d) As mindless parroting.

8. How many children does Marthe have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

9. What does Cincinnatus look at in the library catalog?
(a) A child's drawings.
(b) A note from the librarian.
(c) A map of the town.
(d) A photograph of himself.

10. What does the director say is wrong with Roman Vissarionovich?
(a) He has laryngitis.
(b) He fell down the stairs.
(c) He has a bad cold.
(d) He has pneumonia.

11. What does Cincinnatus do with the special envelope his lawyer has brought?
(a) Cincinnatus tears it up.
(b) Cincinnatus burns it.
(c) Cincinnatus spits on it.
(d) Cincinnatus throws it out the window.

12. What was unusual about Cincinnatus' sentence?
(a) The sentence was pronounced three times in repetion.
(b) The sentence was pronounced backwards.
(c) The sentence was pronounced in a coded phrase.
(d) The sentences was pronounced in a foreign language.

13. How does Cincinnatus feel about his wife?
(a) He likes her.
(b) He hates her.
(c) He doesn't care about her.
(d) He loves her.

14. When Cincinnatus asks the prison director when his execution will be, what answer does the director give?
(a) The director says the execution will be the next day.
(b) The director says the execution will be whenever Cincinnatus is ready.
(c) The director says the execution will be in a year.
(d) The director does not know when the execution will be.

15. What is dirtying the lawyer's back?
(a) Mud.
(b) Chalk.
(c) Charcoal.
(d) Paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus tell the lawyer is not real?

2. What does Rodrig Ivanovich say after Cincinnatus reads the letter?

3. What does Pierre say was the main evidence against him?

4. What does Cincinnatus see in the morning papers?

5. What special item has Cincinnatus asked for?

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